Postcards From...


*...North Wales

[Denbigh Castle]
Left: Denbigh Castle.
[Llandudno Great Orme Tramway]
Right: The Great Orme Tramway, Llandudno.
[Llandudno Great Orme Tramway]
Right: One of the trams on the Great Orme, Llandudno.
[Prestatyn]
Left: Prestatyn, looking towards the sea past Prestatyn High School and Part of Meliden from Prestatyn Mountain.
[Prestatyn]
Left: Rhyl, Meliden and part of Prestatyn with the Great Orme in the distance.
[Prestatyn]
Left: Meliden playing fields looking towards Prestatyn Mountain and Meliden Quarry.
[Snowdon]
Right: Some of the peaks in Snowdonia with the lakes Glaslyn and Llyn Llydaw in the foreground.
[Snowdon]
Right: Llyn Llydaw on Snowdon.
[Snowdon]
Left: Llyn Llydaw (again, I think).
[Summit of Snowdon]
Left: The summit of Snowdon. Yes, that's what it looks like on a clear day.

*...London


[Houses of Parliament]
Right: The Houses of Parliament.
[Tower Bridge]
Left: Tower Bridge.
[Shakespeare's Globe Theatre]
Right: The newly-re-built replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on the bank of the Thames. It is built on the site of the original Globe Theatre.
[Nelson's Column]
Left: Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.

*...New York


[Grand Central Station]
Left: Grand Central Station. Used as the site of many films including Witness starring Harrison Ford.
[Ellis Island]
Above: Ellis Island. From 1892 until 1943 it served as the entry centre for immigrants to the United States.
[Ellis Island]
Above: Ellis Island. In 1965 it became part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and open to visitors. Named after Samuel Ellis, a Manhattan merchant who owned it in the 1770s.
[Statue of Liberty]

Left: Statue of Liberty. Standing on an island in the entrance to New York Harbor, representing a draped female figure carring a book of laws in her left hand and holding a torch in her right hand. Presented to the American people in 1886 as a gift from the French people commemorating the alliance of France and the US during the War of Independence and marking the Cenenary of the United States.
[Bridge Street Cafe]
Right: The Bridge Street Cafe. The best place to eat in New York on the corner of Bridge Street and Water Street. Great food. Sandy Williams is helping to prop up the door.
[Empire State Building]
Left: The Empire State Building. Remember King Kong? Well, the building is BIG...great view from the top though.
[Central Park]
Left: Central Park. One of a few spots of green in New York. Really nice atmosphere during the day.

*...Philadelphia


[Logan Square]
Left: Logan Square. The road to the right of the photo leads to the Philadelphia Museum which was used as a location for the Rocky movies. Remember Stallone running up those steps? that's the museum.
[Liberty Bell]
Left: Liberty Bell. The traditional symbol of US freedom. It bears the legend "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof (Leviticus 25:10)".
[Liberty Bell]
Right: Liberty Bell. First rung on the 8th July 1776 to celebrate the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. It was cracked irreparably when it was rung for George Washington's birthday in 1846.
[Independence Hall]
Left: Independence Hall. The site of the first seat of government in the United States.
[Amy and bar staff]
Left: Bar staff of the Four Season's Hotel Lounge as of October 1997. Who said Amy didn't smile?
[Dave Woods]
Left: Dave Woods doing what he does best...well, most of the time when he's not plane spotting.